Plastic factory fire at Islambagh under control

The fire that broke out at a plastic factory at Islambagh in Old Dhaka’s Lalbagh area on Wednesday afternoon has been brought under control.

Earlier, firefighters were alerted to the incident around 1:30pm. No casualties were reported.

A total of 11 firefighting units rushed to the spot and tamed the blaze around 4pm, said Rozina Akter, duty officer at the control room of the Fire Service and Civil Defence.

The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage could not be determined immediately, she added.